The two objects will again be utilized in Siksika ceremonies.
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Smithsonian Returns a Pre-Incan Gold Ornament to Peru
The repatriated item, an “Echenique Disc,” is recognized as the symbol of the city of Cusco in Peru.
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The National Museum of the American Indian Presents The COVID-19 Outbreak in the Navajo Nation
Photojournalist Donovan Quintero’s photo essay is the third installment in the online exhibition series Developing Stories: Native Photographers in the Field.
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Celebrate Earth Day at the National Museum of the American Indian’s Living Earth Festival
The online festival explores sustainability and innovation in Indigenous agriculture with Native American films, business representatives, and youth leaders.
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The First National Memorial to Native American Veterans
Indigenous people serve in the US Armed Services at a higher rate than any other group, but their contributions are often diminished. A new memorial in Washington, DC, hopes to change that.
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Check Out Indigenous Cinema With the National Museum of the American Indian
For Native American Heritage Month, the Native Cinema Showcase includes over 60 free online screenings representing 49 Native Nations in 12 different countries.
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The Native Americans Whose Activism Made DC’s Football Team Change Its Name
The National Museum of the American Indian will be hosting two screenings of the documentary More Than a Word alongside a conversation with activist Amanda Blackhorse, who took pro football to court.
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100 Pieces of Tewa Pottery Returned to Their Ancestral Home in the Rio Grande Valley
“I think they’re very eager to return,” said Lonnie Vigil of Nambé Pueblo, “and so are we to have them back.”
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How T.C. Cannon Redefined American Indian Identity
Cannon’s art is not about identity politics, but the layers and contradictions of self-representation in a society that valorizes assimilation and whiteness.
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A Film Foregrounds the First Nations Fight Against Fracking
On Saturday, Fractured Lands, a documentary about the Dene activist and lawyer Caleb Behn, will screen at the National Museum of the American Indian.
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See the Finalists for the National Mall’s First Memorial to Native American Veterans
Smithsonian’s National Museum of the American Indian shared five potential concepts for the permanent monument in Washington, DC.
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A Mile Marker from the Dakota Access Pipeline Protests Joins a DC Museum
The 11.5-foot-tall marker, which commemorates the distances protesters traveled, went on view at the National Museum of the American Indian last week.